An increased opportunity. Remote user groups. : T-SQL Tuesday #148
Rie Merritt (blog|twitter) is our host this month for T-SQL Tuesday! She’d like us to give advice on running a ... Continue reading
2022-03-08
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T-SQL Tuesday 148: Finding and keeping a consistent audience, and what works
This months’ T-SQL Tuesday blog party is hosted by Rie Merrit (t|b) as part of Azure Community Group lead. Her call is to pick one or two things that...
2022-03-18 (first published: 2022-03-08)
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Microsoft Defender for open-source relational DB
If you navigate to the overview section of your MySQL server you will see a notification area, here you will find security section. It’s basically an area to provide...
2022-03-08
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Data Thoughts – T-SQL Tuesday #148 – Advice on running a user group
G’day, This months T-SQL Tuesday (March 2022) invite is brought to you by Rie Merrit – @IrishSQL Rie has asked us to write about “Advice on running a user...
2022-03-08
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Extracting Data from the AFAS REST API with Azure Data Factory
AFAS is a Dutch business software company, proving companies with ERP and HR software-as-a-service. You can extract data from the service using a REST API (there are also SOAP...
2022-03-07
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Query Plans in Azure Data Studio
I have long been a fan of Azure Data Studio, but one shortcoming has kept me from truly adopting it: Query Plans in Azure Data Studio. Sure, there was...
2022-03-21 (first published: 2022-03-07)
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Reading more efficiently
In IT, we have to read a lot. For instance, understanding how to set something in Azure or Okta or vSphere may mean we are consuming 5 or more...
2022-03-18 (first published: 2022-03-07)
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Daily Coping 7 Mar 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-03-07
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KQL and ADX – Is this really like SQL?
Hopefully, you’re aware that Azure Data Explorer can be accessed by anybody with a valid Microsoft Account Identity or MSA for short. If you need a one, then hop...
2022-03-23 (first published: 2022-03-07)
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ADX and KQL – Free Cluster for learning purposes
G’day, I’ve been looking around a bit lately at Azure Data Explorer (ADX) Clusters and the Kusto Query Language (KQL). I recently learned that Microsoft is letting people experience...
2022-03-07 (first published: 2022-03-06)
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